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After another county cup win, the geese were ready to continue their recent good form back in the league. 11 goals scored and only 1 an own goal conceded in the previous 3 games, meant the absence of Paul Dodd, was not as traumatic as first expected. For one of the first times this year the geese were able to name a full 11, with 3 subs. Craig Norris was still on his way to the ground, with only a signal failure stopping him from proceeding, whilst Batesy is practising his Barbecue skills, ready for his trip to Aussie land.
This week was the first trip of many this season to the home of the geese. Paul Cully decided that this is finally the year that he can actually park his Beard Wagon in Wormley car park. Will this be a lucky omen…only 90 minutes of play would tell. On arriving the geese were welcomed by the 2 friendly faces of the Wormley Playing fields legends, one wishing us the best of luck for the game and the other didn’t realise we had been gone at all.
Once again the New Kit was worn with pride and due to the absence of a number of players the previous week, the geese got their photo opportunity they had been longing for. The camera man had arrived and he took the form of Tony 'The Power' Perry. Pete's legs were more fragile than that of Young Perry's back, but Pete had tape to warn the opposition off. If only this tape could be designed to cover his mouth, to cover the fragile ears of all referees. Leader Neal Dodd, was getting psyched up for a challenging coin toss and it was obvious he could feel the pressure, as the first blood went to White Hart. Neal's decision making was getting worse since the start of the season, perhaps its now time to rethink his Captain's position.
The geese kicked off and to say that it was a wet day was an understatement, however this did not stop the geese playing some great football, with some early chances going begging. It was not long before a ball was put down the line for Matt to run on to, a first time cross was put to the back post where Cedrone was waiting. As he jumped it was obvious he was thinking more about where Rory had flown away to, than how he was going to score, so he decided to just jump and full straight back down. A chance missed, but the geese were sure there would be many more.
10 minutes of play had passed, when the Seagull picked up the ball at right back, a pass to Pete in the centre of the field was layed off to Ced. His 1-2 with his fellow Italian Vullo friend put Ced through down the line. With his lightning legs going faster than his body he cut back the perfect pass to a Hairy Perry running in on the edge of the box. Dave Enefer had already started to run behind the goal to retreive the ball, but Perry decided to surprise the fans and hit a beautifully weighted shot into the bottom right hand corner. 1-0 Geese. Already a potential winner for goal of the season.
The geese were looking in control, when out of nowhere one of White Hart's players hit a wonder strike from around 25 yards out. This did not phase Heurallio Dodd as a fine finger tip save tipped over the bar. He did not stop there as shortly after, a free kick from another of the oppositions players was put in his direction, a strong punch out cleared the danger. Rob Dodd was clearly taking tips from the Spurs number 1!
After a shaky spell, the geese started to get possession back, and it was not long before Simon Hoy decide he was bored and took on the whole of White Harts defence, unfortunately his final shot was just wide. This did not stop Sara Perry celebrating. Maybe this was induced because she realised she did not have to wash the kit this week, her joy halted shortly after the game, as her son recommended that all the players take their own kits home this week. This move was shortly followed by a powerful shot that forced the keeper into a wonder save, tipping onto the post. The Dog was coming ever closer and a goal was in sight. Before the break, Chris Cedrone decide he would imitate Theo Walcott with a run down the line and cutting in towards goal, a number of players were waiting on the edge of the 6 yard box, but Cedrone saw stars and decided to shot, still 1-0 geese.
After a positive team talk from the beard, Tony Cedrone explained to everyone that it was not Rob Dodd who had made the save earlier, it was actually him in disguise. Apparently the switch was made during the warm up before the game. The second half started and Vullo was replaced by Phil Baker in a tactical shuffle around. It was only a matter of time before the geese were once again in full momentum. Peter E picked the ball up in the centre of the field and after turning a player 74 times, he put a cross towards the keeper, he was not content with his ball, but Simon H wanted a goal, he extended his neck and headed the ball over the keeper. The geese went 2-0 up, despite Graham Dodd Cam noticing a two yard offside advantage. Pete was once again not pleased with himself, after a pass was made to him and his touch at first looked like a pass to the opposition team. Pete did however get to the ball first and he decided a shot might be a better option and his shot found the bottom right corner. The keeper had no chance with Option Enefer.
Ellerbeck and the Camel where next to enter the field, replacing an semi-injured Perry and a tired Paul Simpson. Both players had run a marathon between them. It was not long before Cavill was making a challange down the left hand side. However it seemed that White Harts right winger was a circus clown, he first juggled the ball and decided to catch the ball on the back of his neck. After running about 20 yards still in this position, he realised he was not getting anywhere, so the decided to catch the ball and try to score a try. Luckily he was taken down by an angry Camel. He had the hump. After some great entertainment, Phil the Fireman decided he had enough and a great splitting through ball by Simon was hit first time, to everybody’s surprise, the keeper was left nowhere and we now had another possible goal of the season, this time from about 20 yards out. Phil was jubilant, the keeper was not.
Now making a darting run down the line, Phil Baker put a perfect cross, to his Tesco buddy. Wearing his florence and Fred football boots, Lee Ellerbeck decided that he would imitate Dimitar Berbatov and hit a side scissor kick straight into the bottom corner. Another great goal by the geese and the lead was now 5. The game was now won and the geese got a tad excited. Dave Armstrong took the words of Paul Cully to his white heart (Seagull Organs), Full backs really should not get that far forward. This was ok but when a screaming Chris Wicks also was running down the opposite line, the geese realised they were exposed at the back. Neal was angry at this (and maybe still at the coin toss), he wanted another clean sheet, however Matt Cully wanted different and was calling for the ball in his own box.
After the final whistle the geese were once again victorious, a great performance even in these very wet conditions. The geese had started to get into their stride and had even won some new fans. One in particular was there, no one was sure who he was but it seems the geese had acquired a brand new Wormley equivalent team weirdo. The first person to discover his name will win a Rob Dodd signed zip sculpture, worth €5,000. Next week sees the geese play Uniques and another very important 3 league points await our maroon and orange army.
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